Friday, September 4, 2026
Antonio Carlos Jobim • The Adventurers
Colaborador / Contributor: Pierre
Stephane Grappelli • Pent Up House
Biography
Hank Jones • Compassion
Artist Biography by Ron Wynn
The Three Sounds • Good Deal
Rob Franken Organ-Ization • Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da
Thursday, September 3, 2026
Sandy Bull • Re-Inventions Best Of The Vanguard Years
Review
by Michael Gallucci
Sandy
Bull's technical skills have always been correlated with his vision. As
a guitarist, he could often slip into repetitive drags of both time and
space, but as a musical theorist, those crawls into other dimensions
were often fascinating excursions that were years ahead of their time.
Re-Inventions: Best of the Vanguard Years gathers eight songs from three
of the four albums Bull recorded for Vanguard for a decade beginning in
1963. It's Bull's most productive and exciting period, and this
splendidly assembled compilation serves it well. His mastery of the
acoustic and electric guitar, bass, banjo, and oud is prominently on
display here. And on his most sublime track, the 21-minute "Blend," Bull
constructs a psychedelic folk song that meanders through several
glorious fields before slamming into an open crevice for a rejoicing
journey home. It's a straight take, with no overdubs or edits, and it's
Bull -- with drummer Billy Higgins -- at his most poetic and timeless.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/re-inventions-best-of-the-vanguard-years-mw0000048895
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Reseña
por Michael Gallucci
Las
habilidades técnicas de Sandy Bull siempre han sido correlativas a su
visión. Como guitarrista, a menudo podía caer en repetidos arrastres de
tiempo y espacio, pero como teórico musical, esos arrastres a otras
dimensiones eran a menudo excursiones fascinantes que se adelantaron a
su tiempo. Re-Inventions: Best of the Vanguard Years reúne ocho
canciones de tres de los cuatro álbumes que Bull grabó para Vanguard
durante una década a partir de 1963. Es el periodo más productivo y
excitante de Bull, y esta compilación espléndidamente ensamblada le
sirve. Su dominio de la guitarra acústica y eléctrica, el bajo, el banjo
y el oud es una muestra destacada. Y en su tema más sublime, "Blend",
de 21 minutos de duración, Bull construye una canción folclórica
psicodélica que serpentea a través de varios campos gloriosos antes de
entrar de golpe en una grieta abierta para un regocijante viaje a casa.
Es una toma directa, sin sobregrabaciones ni ediciones, y es Bull -con
el baterista Billy Higgins- en su momento más poético y atemporal.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/re-inventions-best-of-the-vanguard-years-mw0000048895
Tingvall Trio • Skagerrak
Martin Tingvall, Omar Rodriguez Calvo, Jürgen Spiegel: a Swede, a Kuban and a German. Three men who have made Hamburg their home. A pianist, a bass player, a drummer. Together they create an unmistakable sound all its own. A sound and songs which even appeal to people who normally don't listen to jazz. That’s the Tingvall Trio.
With concerts in more than 30 countries, a full measure of accolades including the German ECHO JAZZ as „Ensemble of the Year“ and „Live Act of the Year“, Jazz awards in gold for each of the trio's studio albums, No. 1 on the Jazz charts and even high ranking on the Pop charts, the trio's popularity has attained a level usually marked by current pop bands.
And yet, Tingvall Trio are just three friends who still love to make music together. This autumn their new album „Dance“ will be released.
https://tingvall-trio.de/#About
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Martin Tingvall, Omar Rodríguez Calvo, Jürgen Spiegel: un sueco, un Kuban y un alemán. Tres hombres que han hecho de Hamburgo su hogar. Un pianista, un bajista, un baterista. Juntos crean un sonido inconfundible propio. Un sonido y canciones que incluso atraen a personas que normalmente no escuchan jazz. Ese es el Trío Tingvall.
Con conciertos en más de 30 países, una gran cantidad de elogios que incluyen al ECHO JAZZ alemán como "Conjunto del Año" y "Acto en Vivo del Año", premios de Jazz en oro por cada uno de los álbumes de estudio del trío, el número 1 en las listas de Jazz e incluso una alta clasificación en las listas de éxitos Pop, la popularidad del trío ha alcanzado un nivel generalmente marcado por las bandas de pop actuales.
Y, sin embargo, Tingvall Trio son solo tres amigos a los que todavía les encanta hacer música juntos. Este otoño se lanzará su nuevo álbum "Dance".
https://tingvall-trio.de/#About
Don Patterson & Sonny Stitt • Legends of Acid Jazz
Review
by Richie Unterberger
Two-fer CD reissue combines two 1968 sessions, both featuring Stitt and Patterson, that were recorded on consecutive days (September 23-24, 1968), although one was issued under Patterson's name and the other under Stitt's. The first six songs were issued as the Patterson LP Funk You!, on which Patterson leads a date that also has Sonny Stitt and Charles McPherson on saxes and Pat Martino on guitar. The other players get about as much space as Patterson, and as 1960s jazz with organ goes, this is pretty straight-ahead and boppish, rather than soul-jazz (as so much organ jazz from that decade was). For the bop factor, listen especially to the cover of Sonny Rollins' "Airegin," on which Martino in particular shines. Patterson does get in a more soulful mood on his composition "Little Angie," which has an elegiac mood somewhat similar to occasional slow instrumentals cut by Booker T. & the MG's during that period. The other eight songs were issued as the Stitt LP Soul Electricity!, an album that got its name because, for this session, Stitt plugged his alto and tenor saxophones into a Varitone attachment. What came out, though, was not fusion by any means, but a pretty straight-ahead session that found Stitt his usual competent self. The program is actually on the conservative side, leaning toward standards. Stitt's quartet is rounded out by Don Patterson on organ, Billy Butler on guitar, and Billy James on drums. This isn't the most logical package -- Stitt's half is more straight-ahead in flavor and, more importantly, neither album fits too well into the soul-jazz or acid jazz category -- but for fans of either artist, the material is worth hearing.
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Reseña
por Richie Unterberger
La reedición en CD de dos discos combina dos sesiones de 1968, ambas con Stitt y Patterson, que se grabaron en días consecutivos (23 y 24 de septiembre de 1968), aunque una se publicó con el nombre de Patterson y la otra con el de Stitt. Las primeras seis canciones se publicaron como el LP de Patterson Funk You!, en el que Patterson lidera una cita que también cuenta con Sonny Stitt y Charles McPherson en los saxos y Pat Martino en la guitarra. Los otros músicos tienen tanto espacio como Patterson, y en lo que respecta al jazz de los años 60 con órgano, esto es bastante directo y boppish, en lugar de soul-jazz (como lo fue tanto el jazz con órgano de esa década). Para el factor bop, escuchen especialmente la versión de "Airegin" de Sonny Rollins, en la que Martino brilla especialmente. Patterson se pone en un estado de ánimo más conmovedor en su composición "Little Angie", que tiene un estado de ánimo elegíaco algo similar a los instrumentales lentos ocasionales cortados por Booker T. & the MG's durante ese período. Las otras ocho canciones se publicaron en el LP de Stitt Soul Electricity!, un álbum que recibió su nombre porque, para esta sesión, Stitt conectó sus saxos alto y tenor a un accesorio Varitone. Lo que resultó, sin embargo, no fue fusión ni mucho menos, sino una sesión bastante directa en la que Stitt se mostró como siempre competente. El programa es realmente conservador y se inclina hacia los estándares. El cuarteto de Stitt se completa con Don Patterson al órgano, Billy Butler a la guitarra y Billy James a la batería. No es el paquete más lógico -la mitad de Stitt tiene un sabor más directo y, lo que es más importante, ninguno de los dos álbumes encaja demasiado bien en la categoría de soul-jazz o acid jazz-, pero para los fans de cualquiera de los dos artistas, el material merece ser escuchado.
Willie Bobo • Talkin' Verve
Review by Richard S. Ginell
Whatever the meaning of the word "talkin," this is still a most valuable release because it succinctly sums up Willie Bobo's Verve recordings, most of which have yet to see the light of the laser. By this time, Bobo had followed Mongo Santamaria into the marketplace as an energetic exponent of the Latin boogaloo, even scoring a minor hit with "Spanish Grease."
But Bobo went even further than Mongo toward an accommodation with the '60s scene, adding the R&B-oriented electric rhythm guitar of Sonny Henry, dropping the piano, incorporating strings and even an occasional graceful vocal now and then. While there are a few covers of '60s standards here, like "The Look of Love" and "Grazing in the Grass" -- and he had the great sense to seek out and record a hip-shaking version of Eddie Harris' "Sham Time" -- Bobo's biggest contribution on these tracks was in providing the inspiration for the Latin rock boom to come. "Evil Ways" is almost an exact blueprint for Carlos Santana's career-launching hit version; "Spanish Grease" reappeared uncredited six years later as Santana's "No One to Depend On," and Santana also played Bobo's lowdown "Fried Neck Bones and Some Homefries" in the band's early days. With Bobo's galvanic congas and timbales swinging at all times, few CDs by a single artist capture the ambience of late-'60s jazz radio in the evening as well as this one.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/talkin-verve-mw0000023497
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Reseña de Richard S. Ginell
Cualquiera que sea el significado de la palabra "talkin", este sigue siendo un lanzamiento muy valioso porque resume sucintamente las grabaciones en Verve de Willie Bobo, la mayoría de las cuales aún no han visto la luz del láser. Para entonces, Bobo había seguido a Mongo Santamaría al mercado como un enérgico exponente del boogaloo latino, incluso logrando un pequeño éxito con " Spanish Grease."
Pero Bobo fue aún más lejos que Mongo hacia un acomodo con la escena de los 60, agregando la guitarra rítmica eléctrica orientada al R&B de Sonny Henry, dejando caer el piano, incorporando cuerdas e incluso una elegante voz ocasional de vez en cuando. Si bien hay algunas versiones de los estándares de los 60 aquí, como "The Look of Love" y "Grazing in the Grass", y tuvo el gran sentido de buscar y grabar una versión de Eddie Harris "Sham Time", la mayor contribución de Bobo en estas pistas fue proporcionar la inspiración para el boom del rock latino por venir. "Evil Ways" es casi un plan exacto para la exitosa versión de lanzamiento de la carrera de Carlos Santana ;" Spanish Grease " reapareció sin acreditar seis años después como "No One to Depend On" de Santana, y Santana también tocó "Fried Neck Bones and Some Homefries" de Bobo en los primeros días de la banda. Con las congas galvánicas y los timbales de Bobo balanceándose en todo momento, pocos CD de un solo artista capturan el ambiente de la radio de jazz de finales de los 60 por la noche tan bien como este.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/talkin-verve-mw0000023497
Bill Evans • Trio 64
Evans
was born in Plainfield, New Jersey and attended Southeastern Louisiana
University. After a period in the Army, he returned to New York in 1955
and began working and recording with Tony Scott and George Russell. His
subtly swinging, lucidly constructed solos with these leaders quickly
attracted attention, and provided Evans with an opportunity to begin
recording under his own name; but he was modest regarding his gifts, and
for a time was reluctant to push himself into the limelight. All this
changed after he spent several months during 1958 in Miles Davis's band,
where he played alongside John Coltrane and Cannonball Adderley, and
became a central figure in Davis's shift to modal improvisation.
The
period with Davis allowed Evans to organize his own trio, which
featured bassist Scott LaFaro and drummer Paul Motian by the end of
1959. These three players developed a new and more interactive approach
to trio playing, one in which all instruments carried melodic
responsibilities and functioned as equal voices. LaFaro's tragic death
in a July 1961 highway accident ended the existence of this seminal
unit; but not before it had recorded four albums, two in the studio and
two at a Village Vanguard performance shortly before the bassist's
death, that influenced several generations of pianists, bassists, and
drummers.
While Evans excelled in even more intimate playing
situations—he made memorable duet music with guitarist Jim Hall, singer
Tony Bennett, and bassist Eddie Gomez, and on more than one occasion
created fascinating studio recitals of multi-tracked piano—for the
remaining two decades of his life, he continued to work in the trio
format he had established with LaFaro and Motian. Personnel rarely
changed in the Evans trio (Gomez was a member from 1966-1977, while
drummers Marty Morell and Eliot Zigmund performed in the trio alongside
Evans and Gomez from 1968-1974 and 1975-1977, respectively), and the
unit's repertoire slowly grew to include evocative new originals and
worthy standards, as well as the tunes that led to Evans's initial fame.
Despite
this consistency of format and material, Evans remained uncommonly
inspired, able to reach stunning emotional depths with a quiet lucidity
that was unmatched. His lyrical melodic inventions, intricate phrasing,
complex voicings, and beautiful touch remain as unmistakable influences
on pianists more than 40 years after his death.
https://billevansofficial.com/about/
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Evans
nació en Plainfield, Nueva Jersey, y estudió en la Southeastern
Louisiana University. Tras un periodo en el ejército, regresó a Nueva
York en 1955 y empezó a trabajar y grabar con Tony Scott y George
Russell. Sus solos sutilmente oscilantes y lúcidamente construidos con
estos líderes llamaron rápidamente la atención, y proporcionaron a Evans
la oportunidad de empezar a grabar con su propio nombre; pero era
modesto en cuanto a sus dotes, y durante un tiempo se mostró reacio a
saltar a la palestra. Todo esto cambió después de pasar varios meses de
1958 en la banda de Miles Davis, donde tocó junto a John Coltrane y
Cannonball Adderley, y se convirtió en una figura central en el cambio
de Davis hacia la improvisación modal.
El periodo con Davis
permitió a Evans organizar su propio trío, que a finales de 1959 contaba
con el bajista Scott LaFaro y el batería Paul Motian. Estos tres
músicos desarrollaron un enfoque nuevo y más interactivo para tocar en
trío, en el que todos los instrumentos tenían responsabilidades
melódicas y funcionaban como voces iguales. La trágica muerte de LaFaro
en un accidente de carretera en julio de 1961 puso fin a la existencia
de esta unidad seminal; pero no antes de que hubiera grabado cuatro
álbumes, dos en el estudio y dos en una actuación en el Village Vanguard
poco antes de la muerte del bajista, que influyeron en varias
generaciones de pianistas, bajistas y bateristas.
Aunque Evans
destacó en situaciones de interpretación aún más íntimas -hizo
memorables duetos con el guitarrista Jim Hall, el cantante Tony Bennett y
el bajista Eddie Gómez, y en más de una ocasión creó fascinantes
recitales en estudio de piano multipista-, durante las dos décadas que
le quedaban de vida siguió trabajando en el formato de trío que había
establecido con LaFaro y Motian. El personal del trío de Evans rara vez
cambió (Gómez fue miembro de 1966 a 1977, mientras que los bateristas
Marty Morell y Eliot Zigmund tocaron en el trío junto a Evans y Gómez de
1968 a 1974 y de 1975 a 1977, respectivamente), y el repertorio de la
unidad creció lentamente para incluir nuevos originales evocadores y
estándares dignos, así como las melodías que llevaron a la fama inicial
de Evans.
A pesar de esta consistencia de formato y material,
Evans seguía estando extraordinariamente inspirado, capaz de alcanzar
profundidades emocionales asombrosas con una lucidez silenciosa que no
tenía parangón. Sus líricas invenciones melódicas, su intrincado fraseo,
sus complejos voicings y su hermoso toque siguen siendo influencias
inconfundibles para los pianistas más de 40 años después de su muerte.
https://billevansofficial.com/about/
Bola Sete • Autentico!
Biography
by Alvaro Neder
Bola
Sete was a Brazilian guitarist and composer. His unique, highly
improvisational style offered an approach that wed Brazilian styles to
flamenco, classical, jazz, American folk, bossa nova, and pop. Sete cut
half-a-dozen albums for Odeon before leaving Brazil in 1959, including
Aqui Está O Bola Sete (1957) and Ritmolândia (1959). He met Dizzy
Gillespie while playing at a Sheraton lounge one evening and promptly
joined the trumpeter's band. In 1962, he issued his American debut,
Bossa Nova, for Fantasy. After he released Vince Guaraldi, Bola Sete,
and Friends in 1963, he joined the pianist's group as a full
collaborator; they recorded several more albums together through 1967.
That year, Verve released Bola Sete at the Monterey Jazz Festival that
featured his all-Brazilian trio; it made the jazz charts. After 1971's
Latin jazz classic Shebaba for Fantasy, he cut albums for Paramount
(Workin' on a Groovy Thing, 1971) and Columbia (Goin' to Rio, 1973). He
signed with John Fahey's Takoma label and released the enduring solo
guitar set Ocean in 1975. Sete played live and toured almost constantly,
but released only one more album during his lifetime, 1985's solo
Jungle Suite, produced by George Winston for Dancing Cat. After his
death, his widow Anne Sete set up the Samba Moon label for reissues and
archival material including 2004's Live at Grace Cathedral. In 2021,
Tompkins Square released Samba in Seattle [Live at the Penthouse
1966-1968], comprised of unreleased live trio recordings.
The
words "Bola Sete" are Portuguese for the seventh ball in the billiard
game -- the only black one. Born Djalma de Andrade in Rio De Janeiro in
1923, the guitarist got his nickname after being the only Black man in a
small group. From an early age, he was a constant at Praça Tiradentes,
Rio, where musicians met. At 17, he joined composer Henricão's group,
which was going to Marília for an eight-month season. Returning to Rio,
he played at every available venue in Campinas SP and Niterói RJ. In
1945, Rio's Rádio Transmissora instituted a violão (acoustic guitar)
contest, in which he was the winner. He continued to play throughout
Minas Gerais and Rio. At last, he was hired contractually by Rádio
Transmissora and worked in the famous Trem da Alegria show for three
years at the João Caetano Theater with Lamartine Babo, Iara Sales, and
Héber de Bôscoli.
At the end of the '40s, he formed his own
group, Bola Sete e Seu Conjunto. In that time, Dolores Durán, who went
on to be a famous singer and composer, was a crooner at the Béguin
nightclub and once invited, became the group's singer at the Drink and
Vogue nightclubs. In 1952, he went to Italy and played in several clubs
and hotels until 1954. That year, he returned to Brazil and formed an
orchestra, with which he toured Argentina, Uruguay, and Spain. In 1955,
he toured again, this time through Lima, Peru and Santiago do Chile. In
1959, Sete moved to the U.S. and in 1962 was hired directly by the
general manager of Sheraton Hotels to play in the several units of that
chain.
In 1960, the label Sinter, which had already recorded
several cuts with him, released the LP Bola Sete. He had also recorded
for Odeon, which released Bola Sete e 4 Trombones with his own
compositions and Gershwin standards. In 1962, he appeared at the
historic Bossa Nova Festival at Carnegie Hall in New York. He also
played at the Village Gate and Vanguard. The same year, Odeon Brasil
issued O Extraordinário Bola Sete and Fantasy released Bossa Nova. He
was then playing at New York's Park Sheraton and later in the year, he
moved to San Francisco to play at the Sheraton Palace. Dizzy Gillespie
was staying there and listened to him every night. When Gillespie's
pianist, Lalo Schifrin, came to the hotel, he met Sete, with whom he had
become acquainted and played with when the Brazilian toured Argentina.
Invited by Gillespie, Sete played with him at the Ninth Annual Monterey
Jazz Festival with great success.
Following tours and a recorded
album with Gillespie, Sete moved again to San Francisco and joined Vince
Guaraldi's trio. This two-year association, profitable for both
artists, consolidated the already expressive popularity of Sete in the
U.S. They recorded together 1963's Vince Guaraldi, Bola Sete &
Friends (Fantasy). Then he formed his own trio with Brazilian musicians
Tião Neto (bass) and Chico Batera (drums), whom he performed with at the
1966 Monterey Jazz Festival, again with great success. (Verve's
charting album At the Monterey Jazz Festival was drawn from this
performance). From November 11 to 13, 1966, Sete was featured at the
Fillmore Auditorium. His releases in the U.S. included 1964's Tour de
Force and From All Sides (with Vince Guaraldi), 1965's The Solo Guitar
of Bola Sete and The Incomparable Bola Sete, 1966's Live at El Matador
(with Vince Guaraldi) and Autentico, 1969's Shebaba (all issued by
Fantasy). He signed to paramount for 1971's Workin' on a Groovy Thing
and released Goin' to Rio for Columbia in 1973.
Guitarist John
Fahey often saw Sete play on the West Coast and became first an admirer,
then a friend. His Takoma label initially licensed Sete's iconic Ocean
in 1975 (Recorded in the Brazilian's Marin County home, it was offered
to Fantasy first; but it was considered so "out" that they declined to
release it). Reportedly Fahey's favorite album in the label's catalog,
it was licensed later to Sonet in 1976 and then the Windham
Hill-affiliated Lost Lake Arts in 1981. Sete's final outing, 1985's
Jungle Suite, appeared from pianist George Winston's Dancing Cat label.
Bola
Sete died of complications from lung cancer and pneumonia in 1987. He
was 64. Widow Anne Sete set up Samba Moon Records in 1998 for the
purpose of issuing private archival recordings and catalog reissues. The
label's first release was 1999's Ocean Memories, which comprised Ocean
and eight unreleased tracks from the sessions that were recorded for a
sequel that never materialized. It was followed by Shambala Moon in
2001, offering a reissue of Jungle Suite and the previously unissued
title track. 2004's Live at Grace Cathedral was drawn from a solo guitar
concert May 21, 1976. In 2008, the label released Windspell, drawn from
solo home recordings cut during the last year of Sete's life with a
pair of live tracks from a concert at The Boarding House in San
Francisco in 1971. In 2011, Samba Moon released The Crystal Garden, a
repackaging of 1973's Goin' to Rio; it also contained five unissued
tracks from the original sessions. 2014's The Kitchen Tapes was produced
for release by Winston. The lion's share of its 14 cuts were recorded
in a San Francisco kitchen in 1959 on 1/4" tape by Al Cunningham,
shortly after Sete's arrival on the West Coast. Two other cuts from 1971
showcased him playing a hollow-body electric guitar; others were drawn
from home studio tapes.
In December 2021, Resonance Records' boss
Zev Feldman and Tompkins Square's Josh Rosenthal teamed up to release
the three-disc box set Samba in Seattle [Live at the Penthouse
1966-1968], comprised of unreleased live trio recordings from radio
broadcast tapes by Jim Wilke. Compiled with complete cooperation from
Anne, the set included concerts, a slew of rare photos, and liner essays
from music historian Greg Casseus, Winston, Lalo Schifrin, John Fahey,
and Feldman, who also conducted interviews with Anne and Carlos Santana.
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bola-sete-mn0000066800/biography
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Biografía
por Alvaro Neder
Bola
Sete fue un guitarrista y compositor brasileño. Su estilo único y
altamente improvisado ofrecía un enfoque que unía los estilos brasileños
con el flamenco, la música clásica, el jazz, el folk americano, la
bossa nova y el pop. Sete grabó media docena de álbumes para Odeon antes
de abandonar Brasil en 1959, entre ellos Aqui Está O Bola Sete (1957) y
Ritmolândia (1959). Conoció a Dizzy Gillespie mientras tocaba una noche
en un salón del Sheraton y enseguida se unió a la banda del
trompetista. En 1962, publicó su debut americano, Bossa Nova, para
Fantasy. Después de publicar Vince Guaraldi, Bola Sete, and Friends en
1963, se unió al grupo del pianista como colaborador de pleno derecho;
grabaron varios discos más juntos hasta 1967. Ese año, Verve publicó
Bola Sete at the Monterey Jazz Festival, en el que aparecía su trío
brasileño. Después del clásico de jazz latino de 1971, Shebaba, para
Fantasy, grabó álbumes para Paramount (Workin' on a Groovy Thing, 1971) y
Columbia (Goin' to Rio, 1973). Firmó con el sello Takoma de John Fahey y
publicó el perdurable conjunto de guitarra solista Ocean en 1975. Sete
tocó en directo y salió de gira casi constantemente, pero sólo publicó
un álbum más en vida, Jungle Suite, de 1985, producido por George
Winston para Dancing Cat. Tras su muerte, su viuda Anne Sete creó el
sello Samba Moon para reediciones y material de archivo, incluyendo Live
at Grace Cathedral de 2004. En 2021, Tompkins Square publicó Samba in
Seattle [Live at the Penthouse 1966-1968], compuesto por grabaciones
inéditas en directo del trío.
La palabra "Bola Sete" significa en
portugués la séptima bola del juego de billar, la única negra. Nacido
Djalma de Andrade en Río de Janeiro en 1923, el guitarrista obtuvo su
apodo tras ser el único negro de un pequeño grupo. Desde muy joven, fue
una constante en la plaza Tiradentes de Río, donde se reunían los
músicos. A los 17 años, se unió al grupo del compositor Henricão, que
iba a Marília para una temporada de ocho meses. De vuelta a Río, tocó en
todos los locales disponibles en Campinas SP y Niterói RJ. En 1945, la
Rádio Transmissora de Río instituyó un concurso de violão (guitarra
acústica), en el que resultó ganador. Siguió tocando por todo Minas
Gerais y Río. Finalmente, fue contratado por Rádio Transmissora y
trabajó en el famoso espectáculo Trem da Alegria durante tres años en el
Teatro João Caetano con Lamartine Babo, Iara Sales y Héber de Bôscoli.
A
finales de los años 40, formó su propio grupo, Bola Sete e Seu
Conjunto. En esa época, Dolores Durán, que llegó a ser una famosa
cantante y compositora, era crooner en la discoteca Béguin y, una vez
invitada, se convirtió en la cantante del grupo en las discotecas Drink y
Vogue. En 1952, viajó a Italia y actuó en varios clubes y hoteles hasta
1954. Ese año regresó a Brasil y formó una orquesta, con la que realizó
una gira por Argentina, Uruguay y España. En 1955, volvió a realizar
una gira, esta vez por Lima, Perú y Santiago de Chile. En 1959, Sete se
trasladó a Estados Unidos y en 1962 fue contratado directamente por el
director general de los hoteles Sheraton para tocar en las diversas
unidades de esa cadena.
En 1960, el sello Sinter, que ya había
grabado varios cortes con él, lanzó el LP Bola Sete. También había
grabado para Odeon, que publicó Bola Sete e 4 Trombones con sus propias
composiciones y estándares de Gershwin. En 1962, apareció en el
histórico Festival de Bossa Nova en el Carnegie Hall de Nueva York.
También tocó en el Village Gate y en el Vanguard. Ese mismo año, Odeon
Brasil publicó O Extraordinário Bola Sete y Fantasy editó Bossa Nova.
Entonces tocaba en el Park Sheraton de Nueva York y, más adelante, se
trasladó a San Francisco para tocar en el Sheraton Palace. Dizzy
Gillespie se alojaba allí y le escuchaba todas las noches. Cuando el
pianista de Gillespie, Lalo Schifrin, llegó al hotel, se encontró con
Sete, con quien se había familiarizado y tocado cuando el brasileño hizo
una gira por Argentina. Invitado por Gillespie, Sete tocó con él en el
Noveno Festival Anual de Jazz de Monterey con gran éxito.
Jimmy Forrest • Black Forrest
Biography by Scott Yanow
A
fine all-round tenor player, Jimmy Forrest is best-known for recording
"Night Train," a song that he "borrowed" from the last part of Duke
Ellington's "Happy Go Lucky Local." While in high school in St. Louis,
Forrest worked with pianist Eddie Johnson, the legendary Fate Marable,
and the Jeter-Pillars Orchestra. In 1938, he went on the road with Don
Albert and then was with Jay McShann's Orchestra (1940-1942). In New
York, Forrest played with Andy Kirk (1942-1948) and Duke Ellington
(1949) before returning to St. Louis. After recording "Night Train,"
Forrest became a popular attraction and recorded a series of
jazz-oriented R&B singles. Among his most important later
associations were with Harry "Sweets" Edison (1958-1963), Count Basie's
Orchestra (1972-1977), and Al Grey, with whom he co-led a quintet until
his death. Forrest recorded for United (reissued by Delmark),
Prestige/New Jazz (1960-1962), and Palo Alto (1978).
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jimmy-forrest-mn0000354769/biography
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Biografía de Scott Yanow
Jimmy
Forrest, un excelente tenor polifacético, es más conocido por haber
grabado "Night Train", una canción que "tomó prestada" de la última
parte de "Happy Go Lucky Local" de Duke Ellington. Mientras estudiaba en
el instituto de St. Louis, Forrest trabajó con el pianista Eddie
Johnson, el legendario Fate Marable y la Orquesta Jeter-Pillars. En
1938, salió de gira con Don Albert y luego estuvo con la Orquesta de Jay
McShann (1940-1942). En Nueva York, Forrest tocó con Andy Kirk
(1942-1948) y Duke Ellington (1949) antes de regresar a San Luis. Tras
grabar "Night Train", Forrest se convirtió en una atracción popular y
grabó una serie de singles de R&B orientados al jazz. Entre sus
asociaciones posteriores más importantes se encuentran las de Harry
"Sweets" Edison (1958-1963), la Orquesta de Count Basie (1972-1977) y Al
Grey, con quien codirigió un quinteto hasta su muerte. Forrest grabó
para United (reeditado por Delmark), Prestige/New Jazz (1960-1962) y
Palo Alto (1978).
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jimmy-forrest-mn0000354769/biography
Skip Martin • The Music From Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Description from Trunk Records (by Jonny Trunk):
One of the first soundtrack LPs I ever bought. A classic chunk of crime jazz by one of the masters of the genre.
https://trunkrecords.greedbag.com/buy/music-from-mickey-spillanes-mike-0
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Descripción de Trunk Records (por Jonny Trunk):
Uno de los primeros LPs de bandas sonoras que compré. Un clásico trozo de jazz de crimen de uno de los maestros del género.
https://trunkrecords.greedbag.com/buy/music-from-mickey-spillanes-mike-0
Gigi Gryce • A Night in Tunisia
Review from DownBeat (by Ira Gitler):
Gryce has achieved a balance between the blowing and arranged sections. The latter set off the former, investing the soloists' spots with greater interest and making the album a success.
[DownBeat, 1961]
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Reseña de DownBeat (por Ira Gitler):
Gryce ha logrado un equilibrio entre las secciones de improvisación y las arregladas. Estas últimas realzan a las primeras, invirtiendo los momentos solistas con mayor interés y convirtiendo el álbum en un éxito.
[DownBeat, 1961]
Art Van Damme • Septet!
Art Van Damme (April 9, 1920 – February 15, 2010) was an American jazz accordionist.
Art Van Damme (9 de abril de 1920 - 15 de febrero de 2010) fue un acordeonista de jazz americano.